Period Drama Week - Saturday: Conclusion (Part 1: Period Drama Trivia Challenge Answers and Winners)

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Okay, so for the conclusion, I thought I would split it up into multiple posts throughout the day. So here's part 1 of the conclusion, and I know you've all been waiting for it... The Period Drama Trivia Challenge Answers! The Winners and the buttons for the Winners will be at the bottom of this post.

Which two period dramas were Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in together?
Correct Answer - Pride and Prejudice (1995) and The King's Speech (2010)
Name the three Jane Austen adaptations that were released in 1995.
Correct Answer - Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion
What author wrote the novels The Way We Live Now, He Knew He Was Right, and the books that became The Barchester Chronicles?
Correct Answer - Anthony Trollope
Who wrote the screenplay for Emma (2009)?
Correct Answer - Sandy Welch
What three Pride and Prejudice (1995) actors/actresses were in The King's Speech?
Correct Answer - Colin Firth (Prince Albert "Bertie"/King George VI), Jennifer Ehle (Myrtle Logue), and David Bamber (Theater Director)
How many adaptations of Sense and Sensibility (not spin-offs or modern retellings) were there from 1970 to the present?
Correct Answer - Four (1971, 1981, 1995, and 2008)
How many versions were there of North and South (by Elizabeth Gaskell)?
Correct Answer - Two (There was one in 1975 with Patrick Stewart as John Thornton and one in 2004 with Richard Armitage as John Thornton)
Name three period dramas that Michael Gambon was in.
Possible Answers - Wives and Daughters, Emma (2009), Amazing Grace, The King's Speech, the Doctor Who Christmas episode (I guess it was like A Christmas Carol? Where Michael Gambon was Scrooge?)
Name three period dramas that Colin Firth was in.
Possible Answers - Pride and Prejudice (1995), The King's Speech, The Importance of Being Earnest
Who wrote the screenplay to North and South?
Correct Answer - Sandy Welch
Who wrote the screenplay to Wives and Daughters?
Correct Answer - Andrew Davies
In Little Dorrit, what was Pet's real name?
Correct Answer - Minnie
~~What was at stake in Cranford?~~ In Cranford (2007), finish the quote: "There is ____ at stake!"
Correct Answer - Lace
In North and South (2004), what did John Thornton mention before first proposing to Margaret Hale?
Correct Answer - The Color of the Fruit
What did Roger Hamley send to Molly Gibson in Wives and Daughters?
Correct Answer - A Wasp's Nest
What was the name of Osborne Hamley's wife in Wives and Daughters?
Correct Answer - Aimee (or Amy)
What was the name of the county that the Bennets lived in in Pride and Prejudice?
Correct Answer - Hertfordshire
Who were Lady Bertram's sisters in Mansfield Park?
Correct Answer - Mrs. Price (or Frances Price) and Mrs. Norris
What were the maiden names of the sisters in Question 18?
Correct Answer - Ward
What was Mrs. Bennet's maiden name in Pride and Prejudice?
Correct Answer - Gardiner (since Mr. Gardiner was her brother)
In He Knew He Was Right, what was Emily Trevelyan's maiden name?
Correct Answer - Rowley (her sister was Nora Rowley)
What were the names of the sisters fighting over Mr. Gibson in He Knew He Was Right?
Correct Answer - Camilla and Arabella French
Who were the four living members of the Carbury family in The Way We Live Now?
Correct Answer - Lady Carbury (her first name was Matilda, but I don't remember mentioning her name in the movie), Sir Felix Carbury, Henrietta "Hetta" Carbury, and Roger Carbury
Where was Mrs. Elton originally from in Emma?
Correct Answer - Bristol
What was Mrs. Elton's maiden name?
Correct Answer - Hawkins
Name three period dramas that Romola Garai was in.
Possible Answers - Emma (2009), Amazing Grace, As You Like It, Nicholas Nickleby, Daniel Deronda
True or False? The name of the Dashwood's original home in Sense and Sensibility was Morland.
Correct Answer - False: it was Norland
Who was Isabella Thorpe engaged to in Northanger Abbey?
Correct Answer - James Morland
What is the name of the family that owns Downton Abbey?
Correct Answer - Crawley
Who were the three women that were trying for Doctor Harrison's affections in Cranford?
Correct Answer - Sophy Hutton, Caroline Thomkinson, and Mrs. Rose
Who was Doctor Harrison actually in love with?
Correct Answer - Sophy
What was the name of Lady Catherine de Bourgh's husband in Pride and Prejudice?
Correct Answer - Sir Lewis de Bourgh (but I would have accepted Lewis)
How old was Margaret Dashwood in the 1995 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility?
Correct Answer - 11 ("I'll be twelve soon.")
How old was Margaret Dashwood in the book Sense and Sensibility?
Correct Answer - 13 ("Margaret, the other sister, was a good-humored, well-disposed girl; but as she had already imbibed a good deal of Marianne's romance, without having much of her sense, she did not, at thirteen, bid fair to equal her sisters at a more advanced period of life.")
What was Mrs. Weston's first name in Emma?
Correct Answer - Anne
Who is the heir of Kellynch Hall (full name, please)?
Correct Answer - William Elliot (though some put down William Walter Elliot; is Walter is middle name? I never picked up on it)
Who is the butler at Downton Abbey (full name again)?
Correct Answer - Charles "Charlie" Carson (I wanted the full name)
Who is the house keeper at Downton Abbey (again, full name)?
Correct Answer - Elsie Hughes (I wanted the full name)
Who are Mr. Darcy's cousins that are present in Pride and Prejudice?
Correct Answer - Anne de Bourgh and Colonel Fitzwilliam
What was the name of the woman that Paul Montague was engaged to in The Way We Live Now?
Correct Answer - Mrs. Winifred Hurtle
What was the name of the new bishop in The Barchester Chronicles (or Barchester Towers for the book)?
Correct Answer - Bishop Proudie
What was the name of the chaplain for the bishop in #41?
Correct Answer - Mr. Obadiah Slope (though he may have changed his name from Slop)
What was Henry Tilney's occupation in Northanger Abbey?
Correct Answer - Clergyman
How many children were in Catherine Morland's family in Northanger Abbey?
Correct Answer - Ten
How old were Elizabeth Elliot and Anne Elliot at the beginning of Persuasion (not counting the flashbacks)?
Correct Answer - Elizabeth was 29 and Anne was 27
What was the "North" town in North and South? What was the "South" town?
Correct Answer - The North town was Milton; the South town was Helstone
What was the name of Charles, Henrietta, and Louisa Musgrove's brother who served in the navy?
Correct Answer - Richard "Dick" Musgrove
What was the name of the boy that Mr. Carter was teaching how to read in Cranford (2007)?
Correct Answer - Harry Gregson
How many children do Isabella and John Knightley have in Emma?
Correct Answer - Five ("...the sixteen miles being happily accomplished, and Mr. and Mrs. John Knightley, their five children, and a competent number of nursery-maids, all reaching Hartfield in safety. ")
Why is Molly Gibson in Wives and Daughters called Molly instead of her Christian name? What was her Christian name?
Correct Answer - Molly's Christian name was Mary. She was called Molly to differentiate between her and her mother since her mother was also named Mary